Statistics‚ by 2000 more than 300 million users around the globe accessed the World Wide Web. Of those‚ at least 1 million were engaged in illegal Internet activities (computer crime or "cyber-crime"). Cyber-crimes include Internet-related forgery‚ embezzlement‚ fraud‚ vandalism‚ and the disposal of stolen goods. The potential threat to the overall development of e-commerce was serious—so much so that online security expenditures were expected to double to $30 billion in 2004. The Computer Crime
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security capabilities of a computer system in order to obtain an illegal access to the information stored on the computer system is called hacking. The unauthorized revelation of passwords with intent to gain an unauthorized access to the private communication of an organization of a user is one of the widely known computer crimes. Another highly dangerous computer crime is the hacking of IP addresses in order to transact with a false identity‚ thus remaining anonymous while carrying out the criminal
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social Network. Over in Egypt they even refer to their revolution to overthrow their dictator‚ the “Facebook Revolution.” They concocted all of their protests and such over Facebook via private groups and even some public Facebook groups. But as much good that the Social Networking world has brought to the real world it has brought just as much negativity. From the tragic suicide of the late Tyler Clementi‚ who was an 18 year old Rutgers student who was a closet gay and committed suicide by jumping
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Cyber Bullying: The Twenty-First Century In the world we live in we are lucky to have technology advancements that further our education. Computers‚ cell phones‚ and Tablets have become vital things in people’s everyday lives. This technology can be used for work‚ education‚ and personal enjoyment but there is a dark side to this wonderful technology. Websites like Facebook and Twitter have opened up windows to what people call cyber bullying. Cyber bullying is when people bully other people
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A good Boss Vs. A Bad Boss In today’s society there is a good boss and a bad boss in every field of work‚ both have different characteristics and personalities. The way their employees are treated has a huge impact on the employee’s job performance. This is a problem that must be brought out before the world in order to get it under control. A good boss and a bad boss both share different characteristics that
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Good Bosses Versus Bad Bosses Paula Chipman COM/170 July 21‚ 2014 Dr. Adams Good Bosses Versus Bad Bosses The management style of a boss can definitely shape an individual’s day and/or career depending upon his/her techniques. In the society we live in offers a diverse and wide range of job opportunities‚ Most people need to work to survive in these hard times. People want to hang on to the jobs they already have. For some people‚ this means dealing with a bad boss. The perception of whether
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integrated in our lives. Cyber crime is among those concepts that did not previously exist 15-20 years ago. Back In the old day’s only conventional crime was discussed‚ which refers to those traditional‚ illegal behaviors that most people think of as crime. In today’s one has to be careful not only against conventional crime but also cyber crime as it is the latest and the most complicated problem in the new century. Cyber crime consists of all criminal actions against communication devices in a network
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A RESEARCH MONOGRAPH ON CYBER CRIME AND THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF SOCIAL SITES TO CYBERCRIMES Abstract Facebook has become a force to reckon with in the field of social networking. It has been ranked as the number one social networking site with a membership of over five hundred million. It has earned trust from many people who have in turn exposed their information without thinking twice into which hands it might fall. Despite the positive contribution and impact that Facebook has provided‚ it
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rights are the same as violating rights in person. The Internet has laws. That means that people need to be aware of cyber laws and illegal cyber activity. Torts made on the Internet are referred to as cyber torts. Torts are simply violated someone. To start‚ there are several instances where a person is violated on the Internet. The primary example of being violated in cyber space is defamation. Defamation is essentially any type of slander against someone on the Internet. Whether it is through
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Cyber-bullying Cyber-bullying is the use of the Internet‚ cell phones‚ or other electronic communication devices to spread harmful or embarrassing information about another person. With kids using electronic technology and communication tools such as social media‚ text messages‚ chats‚ and websites a new form of bullying begins. Some root causes of this social injustice would be the internet as it gives kids an online version of teasing that commonly exists in schools along with the potential
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